Board Specification

• Full-size PCI board

Host Bus Interface

• PCI Rev. 2.1 electrical interface
• 32-bit burst DMA

Network Interfaces

• 16 E1/T1/J1 (software switchable)

Line Termination

• 75 Ohm , 100/120 Ohm, high-z termination, monitor amplifier

H.100 Interface

• 32 x 2, 4, or 8 Mbit/s board-to-board highways
• 256 simplex channels switchable between adapters
• 1024 channels switchable locally
• Backwards compatible with MVIP and SC-Bus

DSP Resources (with optional ASM daughterboard)

• PIST-55x4-ASM: 4 x TI TMS320VC5510 (400 MIPS) with 16MB SDRAM each

HDLC Resources

• Support for 3 HDLC channels per access port
• ASM modules offer additional HDLC channels with support for super- and sub-channels

E1/T1/J1 Frame Formats

• Doubleframe, CRC Multiframe (E1 mode)
• F4, SF (or D4), ESF (or F24), SLC96 (T1/J1 mode)

E1/T1/J1 Line Codes

• HDB3, B8ZS, AMI, AMI with ZCS

E1/T1/J1 Signalling Types

• Channel associated (robbed bit)
• Common channel

Clocking sources

• Onboard oscillator (high-stability oven-controlled oscillator option available)
• Incoming E1/T1/J1 span
• H.100 clock
• External clock

Connector

• 50-pin Centronix, 3-foot cable to harmonica with RJ45/RJ45C connectors for E1/T1/J1

Testing Features

• Full access to F, Y, Si, and Sa bits in E1 mode
• Full access to FS/DL-bits in T1 mode (including support for the DL-channel protocol according to T1.403-1989 ANSI or to AT&T TR54016 specification), and programmable line build-out in T1/J1mode
• Transparent mode and programmable transmit pulse shape and input threshold
• Alarm insertion and detection
• Loop codes, channel loopback and PRBS

Power Requirements/Environmental Data

• Power consumption:
• Temperature: operating, 0 C to +50 C; non-operating, -40 C to +60 C
• Humidity: operating, 5% to 80% RH (%relative humidity) at up to +30 C, and 5% to 30% RH above +30 C up to +50 C non-condensing; non-operating, 5% to 80% RH at up to +30 C, and 5% to 30% RH above +30 C up to +50 C non-condensing
• Altitude: operating, up to 4,600 meters (15,333 feet); non-operating, up to 12,192 meters (50,000 feet)

Device Drivers

• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Linux

API

• Device Driver SDK
• DSP SDK